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No. 1/34/1/2004-Cab.GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)

CABINET SECRETARIAT (MANTRIMANDAL SACHIVALAYA)

New Delhi, the 23rd May , 20042 Jyaistha, 1926(S).

The undersigned is directed to say that Dr. Manmohan Singh has been swornin as the Prime Minister by the President at 1730 hours on Saturday, the 22nd May,2004, in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

2. The Ministers as shown in the list attached were also sworn in by thePresident at 1730 hours on Saturday, the 22nd May, 2004, in the RashtrapatiBhavan, New Delhi.

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List of Ministers sworn in by the President on 22nd May, 2004

CABINET MINISTERS

1. Shri Pranab Mukherjee2. Shri Arjun Singh3. Shri Sharad Pawar4. Shri Lalu Prasad5. Shri Shivraj V. PatH6. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan7. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad8. Shri S. Jaipal Reddy9. Shri Sish Ram Ola10. Shri P. Chidambaram11. Shri Mahavir Prasad12. Shri P.R. Kyndiah13. Shri T.R. Baalu14. Shri Shanker Sinh Vaghela15. Shri K. Natwar Singh16. Shri Kamal Nath17. Shri H.R. Bhardwaj18. Shri P.M. Sayeed19. Shri Raghubansh Prasad Singh20. Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi21. Shri Mani ShankarAiyar22. Shri Sunil Dutt23. Smt. Meira Kumar24. Shri K. Chandra Shekhar Rao25. Shri Shibu Soren26. Shri A. Raja27. Shri Dayanidhi Maran28. Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Shri Santosh Mohan DevShri Jagdish TytlerShri Oscar FernandesSmt. Renuka ChowdhuryShri Subodh Kant SahayShri Kapil SibalShri Vilas MuttemwarKumari SeijaShri Praful PatelShri Prem Chand Gupta

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MINISTERS OF STATE

Shri E. AhammedShri Suresh PachauriShri B.K. HandiqueSmt. Panabaka LakshmiDr. Dasari Narayan RaoDr. Shakeel AhmadShri Rao Inderjit SinghShri Naranbhai RathwaShri K. Rehman KhanShri K.H. MuniappaShri M.V. RajashekharanShri Kantilal BhuriaShri Manikrao GavitShri Shriprakash JaishwalShri Prithjraj ChavanShri Taslimudd1nSmt. Suryakanta PatilShri Md. All Ashraf FatmiShri A. NarendraShri R. VeluShri S.S. PalanimanickamShri S. RegupathyShri K. VenkatapathySnit. Subbulakshmi JagadeesanShri E.V.K.S. ElangovanSmt Kanti SinghShri Namo Narain MeenaShri Jay Prakash Narayan YadavShri Akhilesh Singh